Sunday, November 06, 2005

Glue: The New Assault Weapon

Imagine two lawsuits in the same week where the weapon of choice is glue...There is no wrath like a woman scorned...

[Greensburg, PA] "...Slaby’s lawsuit said the two broke up in 1999 after dating for 10 months, and he began dating someone else. After he broke up with his other girlfriend, Slaby said, O’Toole invited him over to her home on May 7, 2000, where he fell asleep.

He said he woke up to find that O’Toole had used Super Glue to stick his genitals to his abdomen, glued his buttocks together and spelled out a profanity on his back in nail polish.

Slaby said O’Toole told him that her actions were payback for their breakup, and he had to walk a mile to a gas station to call for help. He pressed charges and O’Toole pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault and spent six months on probation..." (source)

It's all fun and games until someone losses butt skin...

[Denver, CO] "...Home Depot was sued by a shopper from a Colorado store who claims he got stuck to a restroom toilet seat because a prankster had smeared it with glue.

Bob Dougherty, 57, accused employees of ignoring his cries for help for about 15 minutes because they thought he was kidding.

"They left me there, going through all that stress," Dougherty told The Daily Camera, of Boulder. "They just let me rot."

Paramedics unbolted the toilet seat, and Dougherty, "frightened and humiliated," passed out as they wheeled him out of the store, court papers said. The toilet seat separated from his skin, leaving abrasions...." (source)